Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.63
July 17, 2023
…investors included Fontinalis Partners, Airbus Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, ROBO Global Ventures, and Verve Ventures. “The supply chain of the future is autonomous and automated,” stated Boaz Peer, senior director of Qualcomm Israel Ltd. and managing director of Qualcomm Ventures Israel and Europe. “Verity's self-flying drone technology and advanced warehouse inventory analytics are helping transform supply chains by enabling end-to-end, real-time visibility,” he said. “We're excited to invest in Verity as it scales its operations internationally.” Qualcomm, acting through Qualcomm Ventures LLC or its affiliated entities, said it has been making strategic investments in potentially transformative technology companies around the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.10
May 05, 2023
…process: Jeremie Capron, partner and director of research at ROBO Global Dennis Dunegan, managing principal of Graham Partners Adam Kelson, partner at K&L Gates LLP Neel Mehta, investor at G2 Venture Partners Fady Saad, founder and general partner at Cybernetix Ventures Logistics and warehouse markets are hot, and agriculture and food are growing Jeremie Capron ROBO Global primarily invests in robotics, AI, and healthcare technology companies around the world. It came out with its robotics exchange-traded fund (ETF) in 2013. Today, there's around $3 billion in its index portfolios. Plus One Robotics and Outrider are a few of the robotics…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 57.33
April 06, 2023
…complex challenges, today announced that it has acquired the ROBO Global index suite. “We are thrilled to add the ROBO Global suite to VettaFi’s existing family of thematic indexes, as indexing is one of the most vibrant corners of the investment management industry,” stated Leland Clemons, CEO of VettaFi. “Our clients and our prospective clients will be very excited about the range of indexing ideas and approaches we can now bring to bear on their behalf, in tandem with all of the data, analytics, and digital distribution offerings that make up the full range of VettaFi solutions.” VettaFi said it…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.63
March 07, 2023
…board of directors. Top Tier Capital Partners, Tyche Partners, ROBO Global Ventures, Translink, McRock Capital, and Pritzker Group Venture Capital also participated in the round alongside existing investors. The labor problem “The labor shortage is hitting the shipping industry hard, and parcel picking is an often overlooked yet essential part of the process,” said Scale Partner Rory O’Driscoll. “By automating the parcel handling piece, Plus One Robotics is rapidly modernizing an outdated system that’s no longer sustainable. It is stepping up and leading the way in a $128 billion market, with fundamentals that prove its value.” E-commerce has grown to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.11
January 19, 2023
…Ventures, the venture capital arm of Sumitomo Corp.; and ROBO Global Ventures. In addition, Henrik Christensen, a founding member of ROBO Global’s advisory board and Qualcomm chair of robotics at the University of California San Diego, has joined the company as a board advisor. Outrider plans to continue growth Since announcing its Series B funding in 2020, Outrider said it has performed tens of thousands of fully autonomous trailer moves at customer sites and its Advanced Testing Facility. It claimed that its test site was the first in the world dedicated to yard automation. Fast Company recognized Outrider as a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.75
May 03, 2022
…low-cost, high-accuracy SLAM at commercial scale,” said Nicholson. Investors ROBO Global Ventures and Presidio Ventures led SLAMcore's Series A round. Other investors included Amadeus Capital, Global Brain, IP Group, MMC, and Octopus. Strategic investors Samsung Ventures, Toyota Ventures, and Yamato Holdings also joined the round. “The robotics market is exploding,” said Lisa Chai, a partner at ROBO Global Ventures. “Vision-based spatial intelligence is a key enabler that will turbo-charge this industry.” Kuni Kawase, managing director of Presidio Ventures, added: “SLAMcore’s technology can be deployed to add value and reduce time to market for robots in a wide range of sectors.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.48
June 25, 2021
…(Undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities; ROAI) ROBO Global indices for Robotic and Automation (ROBO) and Artificial Intelligence (THNQ) There are other AI and robotics-dedicated ETFs in the U.S. and U.K., but why hasn't there been one in Japan until now? Japan’s asset management industry is dominated by active management. However, more people have started investing in index funds, owing to the lower cost, as they seek cheaper alternatives for their retirement savings. Thus, passive investment vehicles are becoming an attractive option for Japanese investors. According to Nikkei Asia, in January 2020, index funds overtook active funds for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 48.21
October 19, 2018
…this year, UR announced the sale of its 25,000th cobot. This NYSE bell ringing celebrates the five-year anniversary of ROBO Global, the first-ever robotics, automation and AI index. Launched in October 2013, ROBO invests in more than 80 of the most innovative companies across the globe, spanning 12 subsectors from manufacturing to healthcare to sensing.
